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Wood ID help

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by Thor, Jun 27, 2016.

  1. Backwoods Savage

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    Thor my wife used to be that way. Several years ago we tried the Super Cedars and now she can start a fire too. The Super Cedars really take the puzzle out of lighting a fire, even if the wood is "less" than perfect.
     
  2. Thor

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    My wife likes this a lot sir. She will be helping me setup a PayPal account. So we can order some with some swag as well. Is this possible. I just split this a couple of days ago.

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    You were absolutely right about burning it this fall. Thank you again for your help. Working on the roof sheeting, I'll be back.
     
  3. HDRock

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    Oh yeah that's very possible but keep checking more splits you may run into some that's 30%
     
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  4. Eric VW

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    Now hold up Thor -
    Did you split that a few days ago, AND then you tested it today, or did you split it a few days ago and then RESPLIT it right before you tested it?
    That's the trick with a MM....fresh split face gives most accurate results. Days old splits will give up some subsurface moisture and could give a false indication.
     
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  5. HDRock

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    Leave it out in the sun it will change a lot in a couple hours
     
  6. Horkn

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    Yes, it's possible. I've seen that more than a few times.
     
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  7. Thor

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    This one is a little to long to fit in the stove. So I cheated and made it easier to split.

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  8. Thor

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    My bad. I'll leave it stacked and check it in the fall. Just seemed to good to be true.
     
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  9. Erik B

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    That is not cheating, just working smart. I do that all the time. Makes the crotch easier to split with my Speeco.
     
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    Thor I know you did not cut this wood as you know better but some folks don't. I've taken the privledge to draw a red line where I'd have cut those logs when limbing and bucking them. It surely saves a lot of work, the log splits better and the stacking is much, much easier. Besides, that is then one less ugly you have to mess with. I just posted this for others to see as we've posted about this in the past and I intended to take some pictures last winter but neglected to do so. Why? I just remembered it when looking at these pictures, so thanks for jogging my memory.

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